Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames Affecting firefox package, versions <79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FIREFOX-598134
  • published10 Aug 2020
  • disclosed10 Aug 2020

Introduced: 10 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15648  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1021  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 firefox to version 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Using object or embed tags, it was possible to frame other websites, even if they disallowed framing using the X-Frame-Options header. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78 and Firefox < 78.0.2.

CVSS Scores

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